11 For they intended evil against You;
They devised a plot which they are not able to (A)perform.

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11 Though they plot evil(A) against you
    and devise wicked schemes,(B) they cannot succeed.

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The wicked in his pride [a]persecutes the poor;
(A)Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

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  1. Psalm 10:2 hotly pursues

In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(A)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.

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The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom(A)

Why (B)do the [a]nations [b]rage,
And the people plot a [c]vain thing?

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 2:1 throng tumultuously
  3. Psalm 2:1 worthless or empty

Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage

Jeremiah’s Life Threatened

18 Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings. 19 But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, (A)and let us cut him off from (B)the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

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Plot Against Jeremiah

18 Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(A) I did not realize that they had plotted(B) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(C)
    that his name be remembered(D) no more.”

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Massacre of the Innocents

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.

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16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

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“Let us go up against Judah and [a]trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”— thus says the Lord God:

(A)“It shall not stand,
Nor shall it come to pass.

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  1. Isaiah 7:6 cause a sickening dread

“Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(A)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,(B)

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13 (A)For I hear the slander of many;
(B)Fear is on every side;
While they (C)take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.

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13 For I hear many whispering,(A)
    “Terror on every side!”(B)
They conspire against me(C)
    and plot to take my life.(D)

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And behold, there was a great earthquake; for (A)an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone [a]from the door, and sat on it. (B)His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like (C)dead men.

But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, (D)as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

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  1. Matthew 28:2 NU omits from the door

There was a violent earthquake,(A) for an angel(B) of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone(C) and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.(D) The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid,(E) for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.(F) Come and see the place where he lay.

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63 saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, (A)‘After three days I will rise.’ 64 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come [a]by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”

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  1. Matthew 27:64 NU omits by night

63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’(A) 64 So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body(B) and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”

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And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.”

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He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

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“Be(A) shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
10 (B)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, (C)but it will not stand,
(D)For [a]God is with us.”

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  1. Isaiah 8:10 Heb. Immanuel

Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
    for God is with us.[b](F)

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  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.”

18 (A)So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

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17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.”

18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.(A)

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They have said, “Come, and (A)let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

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“Come,” they say, “let us destroy(A) them as a nation,(B)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered(C) no more.”

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